For more than a year Amy and I were motivated by deadlines dictated by contractors, mother nature, school, vacation time, and the sale of our old house. But once we were able to move into our rehab house the deadlines suddenly disappeared. This is NOT to say that we haven’t been working our butts off…
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Lucy’s built-in bed and window trim
The kids’ rooms are slowly nearing completion. We seem to be bouncing back and forth between these two rooms, possibly just procrastinating the final decorating decisions. The first major project we completed in Lucy’s room (post-renovation) was the built-in dresser. Next, we moved on to the window trim and built-in bed for Aiden’s room. Now…
So… Now What?
After closing on the house we were anxious to get going! In fact, we were so excited that we immediately started getting our current home ready to sell and prepared to move. We weren’t really that naive about the timeline, we just wanted to make progress of some sort and that was the only thing…
Under New Management: A BEFORE house tour.
One of the first things we noticed about our new house was that at some point someone had left a nice note on the boarded up front door. “No body luvs me. My owner is an asshole.” Now, I want to make clear that the former owner of this house was a really nice guy….
House Stalkers! How we found our fixer-upper.
Once the house hunt was official two things quickly became apparent: 1. We wanted to live in the Cottage Home neighborhood. 2. We needed to find a “project” house in order to achieve our financial goals. This left us with a small territory of land and a finite number of houses to work with. …
10 Things We Love About Cottage Home
10 Things We Love About Cottage Home It sounds really corny but whenever I’m in Cottage Home I get the feeling something magical is taking place. Maybe I’ve been to one too many Halloween Block Parties or maybe I only visit Cottage Home at dusk. Nevertheless, I cannot shake the feeling that I’d be missing…
Under New Management 